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Zawya
6 days ago
- General
- Zawya
Omani airspace sees 5% increase in aircraft movement: CAA
Muscat: Aircraft movements across Omani airspace increased by 18 percent to 50,101 in June 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which also reported number of passengers traveling through Muscat International Airport increased by 5 percent to 636,090 in June 2025, compared to the same period a year ago. It may be noted that the Middle East airspace was disrupted in the middle of June 2025 when Israeli attacks on Iran led to major airspace closures and flight cancellations across the region. Airlines rushed to reroute planes, and several airports temporarily halted flights. The disruptions had an impact on the thousands of air travellers. Air safety in Oman The Sultanate of Oman was ranked fifth in the compliance index for effective implementation of air safety control in the Sultanate of Oman after scoring 95.95 per cent in 2024, compared to 60.47 per cent and 133rd rank in 2020. The Sultanate of Oman was ranked fourth globally in the aviation incidents and accident investigation index and second in the Middle East and North Africa, while it is ranked first regionally in the areas of airworthiness and air navigation safety. The International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Global Air Safety Oversight Audit Programme aims to assess the extent to which ICAO member states comply with the air safety standards and recommendations, done through regular inspections and analysis of safety data to improve global air safety. In the field of air navigation safety, the compliance rate increased from 50 per cent to 97.27 per cent as a result of improvements in control and follow-up procedures to ensure air navigation safety and its adherence to international standards. 2022 © All right reserved for Oman Establishment for Press, Publication and Advertising (OEPPA) Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Arab News
16-07-2025
- Business
- Arab News
UK removes Pakistan from Air Safety List, clears path for flight resumption
ISLAMABAD: The United Kingdom has removed Pakistan from its Air Safety List, the British High Commission announced on Wednesday, paving the way for Pakistani airlines to apply for permits to operate flights to the UK. Pakistani airlines were barred from flying to the European Union, United Kingdom and the United States following the crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A320 in a residential area of Karachi that killed nearly 100 people in May 2020. The crash was attributed to human error by both the pilots and air traffic controllers and was followed by claims that a significant number of Pakistani pilots held dubious or fake licenses. PIA resumed operations to Europe earlier this year after a four-and-a-half-year ban was lifted by EU regulators. The airline relaunched flights from Islamabad to Paris on January 10 and introduced direct flights from Lahore to Paris in June. 'I'm grateful to aviation experts in the UK and Pakistan for their collaborative work to drive improvements to meet international safety standards,' British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said in the statement. 'While it will take time for flights to resume, once the logistics are in place, I look forward to using a Pakistani carrier when visiting family and friends.' The High Commission said the decision to remove Pakistan and its carriers from the UK Air Safety List followed years of engagement between the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and UK regulators. The UK's Air Safety Committee, which oversees the safety list through an independent technical process, determined that Pakistan had made the necessary improvements, continued the statement. With over 1.6 million people of Pakistani heritage living in the UK and thousands of British nationals residing in Pakistan, the decision is expected to ease family travel and boost trade. The UK is Pakistan's third-largest trading partner, with a bilateral relationship valued at £4.7 billion.
